Vis and Ramin

THE EIGHTH LETTER OF VIS TO RAMIN 277
power ? Thou didst insult her on my account. Beautiful
one, even this reproach is enough that thou shouldst be
called evil-doer by all who know. What would anyone say
who read this our letter, and learned of this which has
befallen us? Would they not say this: that she was so
good, and forsaken because she sought so much love from a
of thee : he is
fickle man ? And, doubtless, they would say
such a bad man and evil-doer, because he acquired her for
himself, and has thus abandoned his own.
"I have finished this letter, though I have not told a
hundredth part of my complaint. I have great complaint
against Fate, one thousandth part of which I cannot tell.
My complaint cannot have an end, and by this discourse
desire will not be fulfilled. Before I had told thee all
my
this an evil weariness would have overcome me. I will go
and entreat Him Who Himself sees. I will go to the door of
His palace, which needs nor chamberlain 1 nor | porter; I will -Ul
entreat light from Him, and not from thee, and will seek
comfort from Him, not from thee. That door which He
has closed He also will open to me. I am cut off from hope
from all, but not from Him, for save Him I have no strength."
1
Edjibi, R.,141.